1968 in radio

The year 1968 in radio involved some significant events.__TOC__

Events

*July 1 - WIBC-FM flips from classical music to album-oriented rock as WNAP.
*KQRS-FM drops beautiful music for freeform rock
*Al Tedesco purchases KWFM in Minneapolis, Minnesota, later changes it to country music as KTCR.
*WABX Detroit goes progressive rock/freeform full-time.

Debuts

*KNTH, Houston, Texas
*KRLA news director Lew Irwin forms The Credibility Gap.

Closings

Births

*June 1 - Steve Czaban, American sports radio personality.
*June 2 - Beetlejuice, member of the Wack Pack from radio's "The Howard Stern Show"
*July 19 - Jim Norton, American comedian and radio personality ("The Opie and Anthony Show")
*September 19 - Monica Crowley, conservative radio and television political commentator.
*October 2- Victoria Derbyshire, British radio presenter
*October 24 - Sal the Stockbroker, American comedian and radio writer for "The Howard Stern Show"

Deaths